Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Fighter Jet scrambled
THURLES today stages its meeting cancelled last Thursday, due to snow. And Willie Mullins has a number of leading fancies, including once-raced Cool Jet in the bumper.
Easy to back, the Jet Away gelding finished fourth to Harry Alonzo on his debut at Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day and, with normal improvement, he should have every chance with Jody Townend on board in a race confined to 7lb claimers.
The Mullins-trained Capodanno, a ready winner at Clonmel last time, might take full advantage of the 7lb he receives from Crosshill in the Horse & Jockey Rated Novice Hurdle.
Top-weight Crosshill must have prospects in a race which also features Clonmel winner Broomfields Jeremy.
WEST INDIES spinners took all 10 wickets in an innings for the first time in 65 years to win a dramatic second Test against Bangladesh and seal a 2-0 series victory.
Chasing 231 to win in Dhaka, the home side threatened to do it – but were bowled out for 213 as visiting captain Kraigg Brathwaite (3-25) and fellow spinners Rahkeem Cornwall (4-105) and Jomel Warrican (3-47) went to work.
Brathwaite led a weakened squad to Bangladesh after several players, including Test captain Jason Holder, opted out of the tour citing Covid-19 concerns.
He said: “Coming here without some players, with protocols and so on, I’m very thankful to God for the opportunity to captain West Indies.
“Cricket means everything to us. I think that people will be
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